diff --git a/cmd/generic-handlers.go b/cmd/generic-handlers.go
index 1a4983790..0604ca94d 100644
--- a/cmd/generic-handlers.go
+++ b/cmd/generic-handlers.go
@@ -552,7 +552,7 @@ func addCustomHeaders(h http.Handler) http.Handler {
 		// Set custom headers such as x-amz-request-id for each request.
 		w.Header().Set(xhttp.AmzRequestID, mustGetRequestID(UTCNow()))
 		if globalLocalNodeName != "" {
-			w.Header().Set(xhttp.AmzRequestNodeID, globalLocalNodeName)
+			w.Header().Set(xhttp.AmzRequestNodeID, globalLocalNodeNameHex)
 		}
 		h.ServeHTTP(xhttp.NewResponseRecorder(w), r)
 	})
diff --git a/cmd/globals.go b/cmd/globals.go
index a88b429f1..909d61850 100644
--- a/cmd/globals.go
+++ b/cmd/globals.go
@@ -233,7 +233,8 @@ var (
 	globalEndpoints EndpointServerPools
 
 	// The name of this local node, fetched from arguments
-	globalLocalNodeName string
+	globalLocalNodeName    string
+	globalLocalNodeNameHex string
 
 	// The global subnet config
 	globalSubnetConfig subnet.Config
diff --git a/cmd/server-main.go b/cmd/server-main.go
index ca24809db..9fc2d4fc4 100644
--- a/cmd/server-main.go
+++ b/cmd/server-main.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package cmd
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"encoding/hex"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/minio/minio/internal/bucket/bandwidth"
 	"github.com/minio/minio/internal/color"
 	"github.com/minio/minio/internal/config"
+	"github.com/minio/minio/internal/hash/sha256"
 	xhttp "github.com/minio/minio/internal/http"
 	"github.com/minio/minio/internal/logger"
 	"github.com/minio/pkg/certs"
@@ -221,6 +223,8 @@ func serverHandleCmdArgs(ctx *cli.Context) {
 	logger.FatalIf(err, "Invalid command line arguments")
 
 	globalLocalNodeName = GetLocalPeer(globalEndpoints, globalMinioHost, globalMinioPort)
+	nodeNameSum := sha256.Sum256([]byte(globalLocalNodeNameHex))
+	globalLocalNodeNameHex = hex.EncodeToString(nodeNameSum[:])
 
 	globalRemoteEndpoints = make(map[string]Endpoint)
 	for _, z := range globalEndpoints {